Hello from California
Lisa Lopez
Pinpics ID lisarallen2
- Messages
- 219
- Location
- Clovis, CA
Hi!
I just found out about this forum and I am very excited to have joined. I started pin collecting in 1999/2000 (brought in the new year in Disneyland) and trading some time after that. I traded for a few years and loved it. I did most of my trading through Pinpics. I essentially stopped because my husband didn’t understand the joy and excitement I got from it and didn’t support it. I’ve since gotten divorced, remarried, and have a wonderful new husband and 3 great kids.
My 2 older kids saw my collection and I told them about pin trading before we took a trip last May and they wanted to pin trade. I pulled some pins out of my collection and purchased a small lot on eBay, then let them have fun. I didn’t know about the rampant scrapper and counterfeit issues. Now I know the ones from eBay were scrappers and the ones from my collection shouldn’t have been used to trade with cast members since most of what they got in return were scrappers and counterfeit. I’ve been trying to educate myself on spotting the junk so none of us trade for them.
Both boys now have cork boards at home to display their collections and pin books to trade at Disneyland.
I have quite a few 15+ year-old-Pins. Many are not limited edition, but are not readily available these days, so I think many are just as good as a LE pin. It still seems to make it difficult to trade because newer pin traders are more focused on the newer pins - I mean, there are well over 100,000 pins on Pinpics and who has time to go through them all!! In the parks, traders haven’t seen them and don’t know how to determine what an equitable trade is and I’m still not sure on many.
I used to focus on Mickey and Friends and basically anything that seemed unique. I like pins that are in a series that I find interesting. Lately, I seem to be drawn to the teacups/Alice in Wonderland and villains. Both kids are now collecting Star Wars, one like Aladdin, and the other really wants to collect a puzzle of some sort.
I forgot to mention my third son because he’s only 2 and doesn’t know about pin trading....yet!
Anyhow, sorry for the novel .
Lisa Lopez
Pinpics: lisarallen2
Clovis, CA (next to Fresno)
I just found out about this forum and I am very excited to have joined. I started pin collecting in 1999/2000 (brought in the new year in Disneyland) and trading some time after that. I traded for a few years and loved it. I did most of my trading through Pinpics. I essentially stopped because my husband didn’t understand the joy and excitement I got from it and didn’t support it. I’ve since gotten divorced, remarried, and have a wonderful new husband and 3 great kids.
My 2 older kids saw my collection and I told them about pin trading before we took a trip last May and they wanted to pin trade. I pulled some pins out of my collection and purchased a small lot on eBay, then let them have fun. I didn’t know about the rampant scrapper and counterfeit issues. Now I know the ones from eBay were scrappers and the ones from my collection shouldn’t have been used to trade with cast members since most of what they got in return were scrappers and counterfeit. I’ve been trying to educate myself on spotting the junk so none of us trade for them.
Both boys now have cork boards at home to display their collections and pin books to trade at Disneyland.
I have quite a few 15+ year-old-Pins. Many are not limited edition, but are not readily available these days, so I think many are just as good as a LE pin. It still seems to make it difficult to trade because newer pin traders are more focused on the newer pins - I mean, there are well over 100,000 pins on Pinpics and who has time to go through them all!! In the parks, traders haven’t seen them and don’t know how to determine what an equitable trade is and I’m still not sure on many.
I used to focus on Mickey and Friends and basically anything that seemed unique. I like pins that are in a series that I find interesting. Lately, I seem to be drawn to the teacups/Alice in Wonderland and villains. Both kids are now collecting Star Wars, one like Aladdin, and the other really wants to collect a puzzle of some sort.
I forgot to mention my third son because he’s only 2 and doesn’t know about pin trading....yet!
Anyhow, sorry for the novel .
Lisa Lopez
Pinpics: lisarallen2
Clovis, CA (next to Fresno)
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